A fresh, green-fruity acetal with a diffusive citrus-peel character and a soft herbal-terpenic backdrop. It reads as slightly aldehydic and airy, contributing a lift reminiscent of crushed leaves and lime zest, with a mild woody-terpenic drydown from its terpineol origin.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.
| Ingredient | % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Elemol ex Elemi | — | 1–10% |
| Terpinyl Acetate | — | — |
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 576.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and perfume oils.
Herbaceous, sweet-green and slightly fruity-ethereal odor of moderate tenacity.
Suggested for use in fragrance compositions, but does not seem to offer any advantage over Terpinyl acetate plus sweet-herbaceous-green chemicals.
Produced from Formaldehyde diethylacetal plus Terpineol by short-time heating.